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Life expectancy in relation to cardiovascular risk factors: 38 year follow-up of 19 000 men in the Whitehall study

Abstract:: Objective: To assess life expectancy in relation to cardiovascular risk factors recorded in middle age. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Men employed in the civil service in London, England. Participants: 18 863 men examined at entry in 1967-70 and followed for 38 years, of whom 13 501 died and 4811 were re-examined in 1997. Main outcome measures: Life expectancy estimated in relation to fifths and dichotomous categories of risk factors (smoking, "low" or "high" blood pressure (≥140...
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Clarke, R., Emberson, J., Fletcher, A., Breeze, E., Marmot, M., & Shipley, M. (2009). Life expectancy in relation to cardiovascular risk factors: 38 year follow-up of 19 000 men in the Whitehall study. BMJ (Online), 339(7725), 848–848.

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Clarke, R., et al. “Life Expectancy in Relation to Cardiovascular Risk Factors: 38 Year Follow-up of 19 000 Men in the Whitehall Study.” BMJ (Online), vol. 339, no. 7725, 2009, pp. 848–48.

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Clarke, R, J Emberson, A Fletcher, E Breeze, M Marmot, and M Shipley. 2009. “Life Expectancy in Relation to Cardiovascular Risk Factors: 38 Year Follow-up of 19 000 Men in the Whitehall Study.” BMJ (Online) 339 (7725): 848–48.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1136/bmj.b3513

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University of Oxford

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Nuffield Department of Population Health

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Clinical Trial Service Unit

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Journal:: BMJ (Online)
Volume:: 339
Issue:: 7725
Pages:: 848-848
Publication date:: 2009-10-10
DOI:: 10.1136/bmj.b3513
EISSN:: 1756-1833

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Language:: English
Pubs id:: pubs:91018
UUID:: uuid:3d114639-0b04-46ef-8855-10c305b1b95e
Local pid:: pubs:91018
Source identifiers:: 91018
Deposit date:: 2012-12-19

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